On December 18, CPAFFC Vice President Lin Yi met with H.E. Dang Minh Khoi, Vietnam Ambassador to China.

Ambassador Dang extended best wishes for Madame Lin’s forthcoming visit to Vietnam, attending the 7th Meeting of China-Vietnam People’s Forum (CVPF).  Mr. Dang said, during the visit to Vietnam by Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Chinese President, the two sides reached important agreements on further advancing the Vietnam-China comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership.  Therefore, it is significant for the friendship organizations of Vietnam and China to hold the 7th Meeting of CVPF, in which the delegates will make new proposals for pushing forward bilateral relations from the “second track” channel.

Madame Lin said, this year marks the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Vietnam.  The bilateral relations have been developing smoothly and the people-to-people exchanges have also made remarkable achievements.  CPAFFC attaches great importance to the cooperation with friendship organizations in Vietnam such as the Vietnam union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO).  Madame Li Xiaolin, President of CPAFFC, paid three visits to Vietnam this year for purpose of enhancing cooperation with VUFO and jointly holding activities for the visits to Vietnam by Chinese state leaders.  As a major project marking the 65th anniversary, every meeting of the CVPF provides good suggestions for developing bilateral relations. CPAFFC will keep working on various friendship activities in a bid to make the China-Vietnam friendship deeply rooted in people’s mind and contribute more to the development o bilateral relations.